Trident, Channel Fish win big on USDA pollock contracts with near-record purchases still coming
So far this year, the USDA has purchased 18.2m pounds of Alaska pollock, second only to 2019 when it purchased 32.7m lbs
Daily recap, May 5: Chinook fishery closure a blow; Guolian’s Sunnyvale reports loss
Undercurrent News presents a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Friday, May 5
Judge’s Chinook ruling is blow to backbone of Southeast Alaska fisheries
'All salmon are amazing, but king salmon are the top. It's the premium fish of Alaska, and it's the backbone of the southeast fisheries' -- Linda Behnken, Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association
Alaskan sockeye surge last year threatens 2023 pricing
A glut of unsold 2022 Alaska sockeye salmon could weigh on prices this year
Concern grows about last year’s record sockeye catch impacting 2023 prices
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has started a coupon program to help clear out frozen sockeye inventory from 2022
Alaskans reconsider hatcheries to offset Yukon River salmon fisheries crash
'There was also this kind of confession that maybe hatchery salmon are better than no salmon' -- Elizabeth MacDonald, fisheries manager, Yukon First Nations Salmon Stewardship Alliance
Lawsuit by nearly 100 Alaska Native groups challenges pollock TAC over bycatch concerns
'The federal government continues its 'business as usual' deliberate and ineffective management style as our people suffer and our waters are forever harmed' -- Vivian Korthuis, Association of Village Council Presidents
Alaska’s Bristol Bay will have strong sockeye returns for years, expert predicts
'I'm quite optimistic that there's at least 100, maybe 200 years of warming left in the Bristol Bay systems before we have a lot of problems with migrating fish' -- Daniel Schindler
Official responds to frustrations over NOAA’s ‘silence’ on Washington net-pen ban
Industry executives voiced concerns over NOAA's perceived silence in the discussions on the ban in the US state of Washington of commercial net-pen finfish farming
OBI tapped to supply $300,000 worth of pink salmon in aid to Ukraine
OBI Seafoods was awarded the contract to produce the pink salmon cans following an 'established procurement process', said the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute